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i - <'ou P. >c,î,p0 < '<tno ,1r1l'?rif: 'x-T 20 - The Canadian Champion, Frlday, September 29,2000 878-4943 anytîme. FRI. 4-1 Opm J SAY. 11 tk- Opm i SUN. 11am-sp. ASTROLOOGV NUMEROLOGY ^Un^~ 'sQOI slow out of the gaie in two pre-season games recently - and catch-up efforts met with only partial success.' The Winterhawks fell behind by a couple of goals and despite some' offensive pressure down the stretch were humbied by Orangeville 6-1. Ricardo Raduka posted the lone marker for the 'Hawkts. Backstopping Milton was Trevor Rae-Hssnt while delivering robust performances were Jeffoey Clarke and Brandon Haggart. STitan against Georgetown, Milton rsllied frona an early deficit and fougist its way to a 2-2 stalemase. Clarke and Richard Monk lit the lamp for the minor novices. Providihg solid cage work was Spencer Abraham. Standout defensive efforts came f1m Brendan Farrell and Mackenzie Zuest. You can relax the next time your teenager decides to take a long, steamy shower to get ready for a date. At more than twice the speed of electric, your dlean and reliable maturai gas water heater gives you hot water faster with money-saving, energy efficiency. The hest thîngs start with a natural gas water heater 0 miongas Cail your local natural gas heating contractor or visit your local retailer to see their selection of natural gas water heaters Tie juveniles' lirst taste of competition in a decade was tough to swallow. On the verge of advancing to the cham- pionship game at st weekend's six-team tournament in Richmond Hill, Milton coughed up a seemingly sale three-goal lead in the semnifinals and was edged by the Jr. B Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 Sunday moming. Heartbreak aside, te local lads did deliver s much improved effort compared to their round-robin bartde with the Pens. Losing 6-2 during the initial encounter forced te team to do some flne-tuning to their powerplay and penalty killing units, which resulted in a dloser finish during the retumn engagement. Jordan Jeans tallied twice in the semifi- nais while also denting the twine waa Matt Ventura. The Winterhawks' lone victory of te tournament came against Binghampton, New York Saturday night. The 6-2 triumph waa l'ueled by a threc- goal explosion from previously sulent Steve Szafer and crafty cage work by Josh Arnold. Derek Mewhinney also put his mark on the win, scoring a couple of goals just 13 secondsaspart in the middle stanza to crase a short-lived lead for Binghampton. Setting up both of bis markers were Jeans and fellow linemate Riley McAneney of Georgetown - which doesn't have a juvenile tesai this season - while Jeff Mitchell stood out as well with s goal and two assista. Sandwiching this weekend bright spot were basses to Pittsburgh (6-2) and host Richmond Hill (7-3). Againat Richmond Hill, Milton held a two-goal advantage before they began an evening-long parade to, the sin bin which let the floodgates open and tumn the tide severely. McAneney. Mewhinney and Mitchell were the goal-scorers in that one while lighting the -lamp in game one againat Pittsburgh were McAneney and Ricky Nadalin. With Acton recently pulling out of Tri County play, the local loop does not have sufficient teams to offer its own juvenile league this year - so the Winterhawks will compete under the 12-teamn South Simcoe umbrelîs. While the regular sesson achedule has yet to be finalized, games are expected to sart aroundMTanksgiving. Milton's home games are sated for Saturday nights aS 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Arena. ULcals triumph at Derby Locals caused some mini msyhem on the weekcnd at the Milton Faîl Fair Demolition Derby. Milton's Ben King and Adam McIsaac prevailed in the two mini four-cylinder clasa on Saturday night and Sunday after- noon respectively. Their victories came with a trophy and cheque for $ 100. McIsaac put the finishing touches on his small-scale battde royal win by knocking off fellow Miltonian Meridith Mayhew - one of three local femnale dri- vera who made s notable impact during te smash'em, crash'em extravaganza. Elaine Rego Sook second place in the opening heat Saturdsy while placing third in heat number three that night was Rebeksh Scott. Both advanced to thc fea- ture round, which was won by Smithvilie's Michael Salverda. His stiffest challenge came from Miltonian Jeff Walker, who gained a back- door entry into the main event - Shrough the second chance consolation round - and made the most of it with s solid sec- ond-place performance. Fellow Miltonian Eric Lorenz- arguably the moat succesaful local in recent years aS the derby - won the con- solation round Saturday, but bis bid for a fourth feature win came up short. Sunday hie finished third in the fourth and final heat, sdvancing to the finals whîch were won by Mike Cote of Orangeville. Among other locals in Sunday's feature were Mike Stokes and Chuck Parnaby, who placed second and third in their respective heats. Campbellville's Chris Sytsma won for best decorated car -plus the $75 prize and trophy it camred -on Sunday. CHILD ECNGISOT FINGERPRINTINO 1 ECN ISHWT CHILO FINO ONTARIO fi "kIOCECK PROORAM HaveLunch.; '1 a Please fax ail of your teamn --Rough go Semifina1 heartbreak reports and sports $tofY fo 'Hwsfrdbtn0ueie ideas to Steve LeBlanc at fr'ak o euigjueie Energy I P, ib vr --a